Sharon party officially launched (Kadima)

[Scurrilous]

Prime minister's new party registered Thursday morning; faction members scheduled to convene in Tel Aviv at 12:00, where strategic advisors expected to present party's new name – Kadima. Meanwhile, Sharon courting five more Knesset members, including two from Likud, two from Labor, and one from Shinui

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"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party was officially registered Thursday morning, with faction members expected to later approve the new party's name – apparently "Kadima" ("Forward" in Hebrew.)

The 14 faction members are scheduled to convene at 12 p.m. in Tel Aviv where the party's strategic advisors will present the new name.

Meanwhile, Sharon’s new party is negotiating with five Knesset members in a bid to add them to the list of 14 others who have already joined the party in the past few days, sources close to Sharon told Ynet.

“The deliberations are being held at a slow pace, which demands the utmost patience,” a source said.

“We estimate that the new party will number 18 Knesset members upon its official registration; we are in a very good situation, and everything is going as we had anticipated.”

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[IndianaGreen]

1. ABB: Anybody But Bibi

Israelis get more choices at the polls than Americans get. We often get the Lite version of the party in power.

[Scurrilous]

2. Lapid: Sharon's party named like Mussolini's

Sharon's new party name, Kadima (forward), identical to former fascist Italian dictator's party, Shinui chairman claims Thursday, adds Shinui to win elections

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"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party bears the exact same name as fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's, Shinui Chairman Yosef Lapid claimed on Thursday.

"Sharon is said to have clever campaign managers, and they chose for him the name of the Duce's party. The name was Avanti, which means forward, like Sharon's party, which is named Kadima (forward in Hebrew)," Lapid said.

"They either don't speak Italian, or know nothing about history,” he added.

Lapis made the scathing remarks during a meeting of the Shinui Council that convened in Tel Aviv Thursday."


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[Coastie for Truth]

3. The youth programs of the several of leftie Zionist Groups

such as the and the Religious Laborers in Zion were called "Kadimah."

These programs disappeared during the era documented in "Good Night and Good Luck" - remember that was the time of McCarthy's "Senate Special Investigations Sub-Committee" and the "House Un-American Activities Committee" and the Rosenberg Executions - when Director J. Edgar Hoover was at his peak of power.

Befroe Senator McCarthy, "Kadimah" was a cheer of the hardest line, left most Zionist movements.